About UMC UMC, licensed for 450 beds, is the leader in comprehensive healthcare delivery in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. UMC is home to the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, the Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Center, the Southwest Cancer Center, Heart Center, Pediatric Level II Trauma Center, and the UMC Children’s Hospitals by delivery of state-of-the-art sophisticated patient care. UMC serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), to train tomorrow’s healthcare professional. UMC has a strong and enduring partnership with Texas Tech which helps assist UMC’s mission and support Tech’s academic pursuit of education and research. UMC is accredited annually thorough Det Norsek Veritas (DNV), a national integrated accreditation for health care organizations. UMC Health System employs 3,890 individuals on our team. The system has been honored among the Best Places to Work in Texas and is proud of their high patient and employee satisfaction. We hope you will choose UMC Health System, where “Service is Our Passion”! UMC’s Mission, Vision and Standards Include:Vision Statement:To Serve Our Patients in the Best Teaching Hospital in the Country

Description / Scope of Service: GTU/SCU is a 29 bed Medical/Surgical unit. We have two primary focuses on the unit; one focus is on geriatric trauma patients, age 60 or older, who have sustained a trauma; these patients are primarily received from the Emergency Center and Trauma & Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The GTU was developed as a result of Best Practice and Research that indicates that a shorter length of stay decreases morbidity and mortality in the elderly hospitalized patient. The other focus the unit provides is care for any patient with a medical and/or surgical condition that requires continuous skilled nursing care in an effort to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients and their families with a serious/life limiting illness or injury. GTU/SCU provides a quiet, peaceful environment for patients and their loved ones. The nursing staff on GTU/SCU are trained to care for patients at the end of life as well as those who will be discharged home or to other facilities. The nursing care delivery model is Primary Care Nursing. The nurse-to-patient ratio is a goal of 3-5 patients per 1 nurse. This can be adjusted by the charge nurse according to patient and staffing needs. This delivery care model dictates that the ideal candidate must be able to coordinate needed patient care with all disciplines. The ideal candidate must be able to make the education of patients and families a top priority. Floating to other units is not required.

Admission criteriato GTU/SCU is determined by, but not limited to, the following guidelines:

Adult patients age 18 and older

Orthopedic Trauma patients age 60 and older

Renal Failure

Post-op complications

Cardiac Disorders

Oncology

General medicine patients such as pneumonia, COPD, hypertension

GTU/SCU provides care for over flow patients from all other general care floors which may include but are not limited to medical, oncology, renal, postpartum, chronic pain patients, gynecology, and orthopedics.

The below criteria requires more care than GTU/SCU can provide, these patients are not suitable for the unit:

About UMC Health System

Welcome to UMC Health System. Located in Lubbock, Texas, UMC is the leader in comprehensive healthcare delivery in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. More than 400,000 patients a year have come to expect our dedication to service at the main campus and 23 regional health centers, operated by UMC Physician Network Services.

UMC is one of only two hospitals in Texas with both a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Regional Burn Center. UMC is a national leader in patient satisfaction, ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation by HealthGrades and winner of the Press Ganey Beacon of Excellence Award. Modern Healthcare ranked UMC as the top hospital to work for in the nation in 2014. Through UMC’s partnership with Texas Tech University, the health system produces groundbreaking research and innovative technology, including a number of nationally recognized clinical trials in breast and prostate cancers.

We hope you will choose UMC Health System, where
Service is Our Passion.

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